HAVANA: Cuba for the first time in 130 days on Sunday (Jul 19) said there were no new domestic cases of COVID-19 as most of the country moved into the final phase of resuming normal activities with masks and social distancing. Francisco Duran, head of epidemiology at the Ministry of […]
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A paramedic dressed in personal protective equipment exits an ambulance at St. Petersburg General Hospital, where coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases are being treated, in St Petersburg, Florida, on Jul 15, 2020. WASHINGTON: Florida reported more than 12,000 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday (Jul 19), the fifth day in […]
BRUSSELS: Squabbling EU leaders held a make-or-break dinner on Sunday (Jul 19) to try to break three days of deadlock in talks over a huge coronavirus rescue package. EU Council President Charles Michel, the summit host, gathered the 27 leaders for dinner after a day of small group meetings that […]
Oil prices dipped on Monday, weighed down by the prospect that a rise in the pace of coronavirus infections could derail a recovery in fuel demand. TOKYO: Oil prices dipped on Monday, weighed down by the prospect that a rise in the pace of coronavirus infections could derail a recovery […]
As international aid dries up, the world’s most disadvantaged students may find themselves left behind when it comes to education, say Abiy Ahmed and Gordon Brown. LONDON: The oft-repeated idea that COVID-19 is “the great equaliser” is a myth. There is no equality of suffering or equality of sacrifice during […]
SAO PAULO: Brazil registered 23,529 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus and 716 new deaths on Sunday (Jul 19), the health ministry said. Total cases in Brazil, the world’s second most affected country after the United States, have now risen to 2,098,389 while deaths totalled 79,488.
The reintroduction of red kites to an area of outstanding natural beauty 30 years ago has been a “true conservation success story”, an expert has said. Numbers of kites had declined over a 200-year period and by the 1980s they were one of only three globally-threatened species in the UK. […]
BARCELONA: People sunbathed and played in the sea along Barcelona’s beaches on Sunday, ignoring pleas from Catalan authorities for area residents to stay at home as coronavirus cases continued to rise in one of Spain’s worst-hit regions. As police patrolled in masks to ensure social distancing, Barceloneta beach, a favourite […]
PARIS: Former Nissan Motor Co Ltd Chairman Carlos Ghosn took a swipe at his old employers in a newspaper interview on Sunday, calling the Renault and Nissan results “pathetic”, driven as much by a lack of joint leadership than the COVID-19 pandemic. Ghosn, who was also the chairman of Mitsubishi […]
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump declined to say the Confederate flag was an offensive symbol in an interview broadcast on Sunday (Jul 19), saying it is a source of pride for people who love the South. The Republican president was asked on “Fox News Sunday,” if the flag, considered a […]